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Carregando... Brown Water Warfare: The U.S. Navy in Riverine Warfare and the Emergence of a Tactical Doct (New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology)de R. BLAKE DUNNAVENT
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Throughout history, rivers have been vital arteries of transportation, commerce, and communication and, consequently, are key military areas in times of conflict or war. Brown Water Warfare is the first history of riverine warfare as conducted by the U.S. Navy, R. Blake Dunnavent traces the evolution of riverine warfare in U.S. military operations from its informal inception in the 18th century to its establishment as a formal doctrine in the 20th century. As the key to understanding the emergence, development, and later adoption of this particular military strategy, he examines the conflicts in which riverine tactics figured prominently: the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Rio Grande Patrol, the Philippine-American War/Yangtze River Patrol, and the Vietnam War. Dunnavent provides descriptions of these campaigns and demonstrates that lessons had to be learned anew in virtually every case. Only with the escalation of the conflict in Vietnam did naval leaders come to consider riverine forces an important component of their task force and begin to develop a formal doctrine. The collective lessons learned from two centu Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)359.00973Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Navy; Naval Science Biography; History By Place North America United StatesClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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As for my other complaints about the book, there was the error of making reference to the use of dynamite in the Mexican-American War. Seeing as Alfred Nobel formulated his explosive in 1866, I don't think so.
Also, the author does a poor job of identifying Army regiments deployed in the Philippine Insurrection, in terms of making the distinction between regular and volunteer units; the later of which are normally remembered under their World War I designations. ( )